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On 10 Sep 2006 at 2:49, Dave Hall wrote: > If the dwell meter stays at zero, the points must be open circuit all the time, > or not seeing the voltage at all. Effectively it reads the difference between > 12V and the average voltage between the two parts of the points. > (have I got that right? - think so). I think the dwell meters generally measure between ground and the average voltage on the high side of the points. > Hotwire the coil + (terminal 15) from another place - maybe the starter switch > is turning off the ignition! This just occurred to me, too. The ignition switch has to provide ignition current/voltage in both the ON and START state. It sometimes happens that the ON connection works fine but the START connection (to the ignition) fails. Make sure the coil is staying energized while the starter is cranking. This could just be an ignition switch problem, or you might find that you have to turn the ignition switch a bit farther (or a bit less far) to get BOTH contacts to work. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~